Honda is to launch an electric car in 2012 in the US and Japan, joining the green motoring race in the wake of its rivals.

A Japanese zookeeper was mauled to death by a tiger today while he was cleaning the animal’s cage, police said.

When Nagasaki’s mayor was fatally shot in southern Japan, it was not much of a surprise that a gangster was arrested for the attack.

Teen star Rory McIlroy notched two wins on the opening day of the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy in New Zealand.

An avalanche buried an outdoor hot spring at a popular traditional inn in northern Japan today, killing one person and injuring 16, as Japan struggles through one of its snowiest winters on record.

THEY came to kowtow, to pay homage to the talent of Keanomoto, a prophet in his home town.

ELEVEN Japanese businessmen will travel from Tokyo to Ireland in April to trace Roy Keane’s roots.

Japan 26 USA 39

Fiji 41 Japan 13

France coach Bernard Laporte named a virtually full-strength side for ‘Les Bleus’ World Cup Pool B clash with Japan at Townsville.

Scotland v Japan